Re: Frozen Four Finalists for 2015-2018
As I recall, back in 2003 or 2005, it was stated the NCAA wanted to increase the interval between hosting by the same city. Based on the ten finalists announced they may have modified that, or they may just be keeping the cities they want to host again happy by naming them as finalists. In 2005 Columbus and Buffalo both submitted bids, but didn’t make the final six and the two finalists who lost out were Boston and Philadelphia. In the next round of bidding Philadelphia and Pittsburgh won, while Boston lost again (I didn’t find any lists of the bidders or finalists).
If you go with not wanting to return too soon to the same cities then Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Paul, Tampa and probably Washington, D.C., are all out. That leaves 3 cities that hosted before, Boston, Buffalo and Columbus, and two newcomers, Brooklyn and Chicago. To me the likely winners of these five would be Boston, Buffalo, Columbus and newcomer Chicago. It splits the cities 2 east/2 west and 2 large metro areas/2 mid-size metro areas.
Personally I want Boston to host it again, because like all the other homers who have posted, I want it where I live. As for those disparaging Boston as a host, whatever happened in 2004, it was a decade ago. Furthermore, the TD Garden has hosted the basketball regionals in 2009 and 2012, so the NCAA and the TD Garden have worked together recently.
Besides Boston, I want Washington, D.C., Buffalo and Tampa to be awarded the FF his go around. And no offense to St. Paul, but I’ve been there too many times for the FF and won’t mind if it didn’t host for another decade.
As I recall, back in 2003 or 2005, it was stated the NCAA wanted to increase the interval between hosting by the same city. Based on the ten finalists announced they may have modified that, or they may just be keeping the cities they want to host again happy by naming them as finalists. In 2005 Columbus and Buffalo both submitted bids, but didn’t make the final six and the two finalists who lost out were Boston and Philadelphia. In the next round of bidding Philadelphia and Pittsburgh won, while Boston lost again (I didn’t find any lists of the bidders or finalists).
If you go with not wanting to return too soon to the same cities then Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Paul, Tampa and probably Washington, D.C., are all out. That leaves 3 cities that hosted before, Boston, Buffalo and Columbus, and two newcomers, Brooklyn and Chicago. To me the likely winners of these five would be Boston, Buffalo, Columbus and newcomer Chicago. It splits the cities 2 east/2 west and 2 large metro areas/2 mid-size metro areas.
Personally I want Boston to host it again, because like all the other homers who have posted, I want it where I live. As for those disparaging Boston as a host, whatever happened in 2004, it was a decade ago. Furthermore, the TD Garden has hosted the basketball regionals in 2009 and 2012, so the NCAA and the TD Garden have worked together recently.
Besides Boston, I want Washington, D.C., Buffalo and Tampa to be awarded the FF his go around. And no offense to St. Paul, but I’ve been there too many times for the FF and won’t mind if it didn’t host for another decade.
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